Korean dance and taekwondo program set for Lunar New Year

Korean traditional music, dance, the martial art taekwondo, festive foods and a traditional painting workshop will be included in a Lunar New Year (Seollal) celebration.

The Korean Cultural Association, the support organization for JangMi Arts traditional dance and drumming school, is sponsoring the annual event at the White Bear Lake Area High School (south campus) on Saturday, February 1, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The entertainment program (1 to 2:45 p.m.) by JangMi students and Lee’s Champion Taekwondo students  is free and open to the public. There will be a charge for the tteokguk lunch (a traditional good luck soup for the new year) (11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.).  A Korean marketplace, with Korean crafts and games, will be held 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  Also, a minhwa (traditional painting) workshop will be held from 3 to 5 p.m.

JangMi’s drum and dance program reaches out to Korean adoptees and their families in the Twin Cities area by getting children and youth together for friendship and to learn traditional performing arts.

The White Bear Lake High School south campus is located at 5045 Division Street, White Bear Lake.